Security Affairs

JULY 4, 2023

A Mexican threat actor that goes online with the moniker Neo_Net is behind an Android malware campaign targeting banks worldwide. The case was reported by security researcher Pol Thill. The threat actor also targeted banks in other regions, including Deutsche Bank, Crédit Agricole and ING. ” Thill explained.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

A new variant of a banking trojan, called BBTok, targets users of over 40 banks in Latin America, particularly Brazil and Mexico. Check Point researchers warn of a new variant of a banking trojan, called BBTok, that is targeting users of over 40 banks in Latin America. ” reads the report published by Check Point.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 27, 2021

HAEICHI-II: Interpol arrested 1,003 individuals charged for several cybercrimes, including romance scams, investment frauds, and online money laundering. The authorities blocked 2,350 bank accounts linked to the illicit proceeds of online financial crime and intercepted over 27 million dollars. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JULY 9, 2020

More than 15 billion username and passwords are available on cybercrime marketplaces, including over 5 billion unique credentials, states the experts. The credentials are sold for an average of $15.43, the most expensive pairs relate to banking and financial services accounts, with an average price of nearly $71.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 5, 2023

Play ransomware group claims responsibility for a ransomware attack that hit Globalcaja, one of the major banks in Spain. Globalcaja is a financial institution in the autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha, it has more than 300 offices across Spain and provides banking services to more than half a million clients.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2022

Experts spotted a new Unix rootkit, called Caketap, that was used to steal ATM banking data. Mandiant researchers discovered a new Unix rootkit named Caketap, which is used to steal ATM banking data, while investigating the activity of the LightBasin cybercrime group (aka UNC1945 ). ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Interpol has announced the arrests of 75 individuals as part of a coordinated international operation against an organized cybercrime ring called Black Axe. Interpol arrested 75 individuals as part of a coordinated global operation, codenamed Operation Jackal, against the cybercrime ring Black Axe. and the U.S.) million from victims.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

A suspected leader of the Zeus cybercrime gang, Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov (aka Tank), was arrested by Swiss police. Swiss police last month arrested in Geneva Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov (40), also known as Tank, which is one of the leaders of the JabberZeus cybercrime group. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Security researchers from Cleafy discovered a new Android banking trojan, named SharkBot, that is targeting banks in Europe. At the end of October, researchers from cyber security firms Cleafy and ThreatFabric have discovered a new Android banking trojan named SharkBot. ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 31, 2021

Experts warn that cybercriminals are targeting Indonesia’s major banks posing as bank representatives or customer support team members on Twitter. To lure victims, cybercriminals pose as bank representatives or customer support team members on Twitter. These fake account names also mimic official ones.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2020

Microsoft has uncovered Zerologon attacks that were allegedly conducted by the infamous TA505 Russia-linked cybercrime group. Microsoft spotted a series of Zerologon attacks allegedly launched by the Russian cybercrime group tracked as TA505 , CHIMBORAZO and Evil Corp. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Zerologon).

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

million from the German bank OLB by cloning customer debit cards and using them to cash out user funds across Brazil. million from the German bank Oldenburgische Landesbank (OLB) by cloning customer debit cards and using them to cash out user funds across Brazil. SecurityAffairs – OLB bank, cybercrime).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 23, 2023

Experts warn of an emerging Android banking trojan dubbed Nexus that was employed in attacks against 450 financial applications. Cybersecurity firm experts from Cleafy warn of an emerging Android banking trojan, named Nexus, that was employed by multiple groups in attacks against 450 financial applications.

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Security Affairs

JULY 6, 2021

The alleged perpetrator, who turned out to be a citizen of Morocco, was arrested in May by the Moroccan police based on the data about his cybercrimes that was provided by Group-IB. The further analysis of Dr Hex’ digital footprint revealed his association with other malicious activities.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Chilean bank BancoEstado, one of the country’s biggest banks, was forced to shut down all branches following a ransomware attack. Chilean bank BancoEstado, one of the country’s biggest banks, was hit with a ransomware attack that forced its branches to remain closed since September 7. ” reported ZDNet.

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Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2024

Firstmac Limited, one of the largest non-bank lenders in Australia, disclosed a data breach. “It is important to note that our systems are secure. Firstmac Limited disclosed a data breach after the new Embargo extortion group leaked over 500GB of data allegedly stolen from the company. ” continues the notice.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

ERMAC is a new Android banking Trojan that can steal financial data from 378 banking and wallet apps. Researchers from Threatfabric found in July a new Android banking trojan dubbed ERMAC that is almost fully based on the popular banking trojan Cerberus. SecurityAffairs – hacking, banking trojan). 3k$ per month.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

barely and cannot afford to leave the camp, nor to operate his own bank account but only to survive miserably. “ Do you ensure that you do not run away with the money once it is received in your bank account? ”. “ In order to scan, attach and send the copies, I will have to go to a center very far from our camp .”

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Scams Banking Computers and Electronics Accountability 99

Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2022

Researchers from the Check Point Research (CPR) team discovered several malicious Android apps on the official Google Play Store masqueraded as antivirus solutions that were used to deliver the SharkBot banking Trojan. Sharkbot is an information stealer steals used by crooks to siphon credentials and banking information.

Banking 83

Banking Antivirus Malware Accountability 83

Security Affairs

JANUARY 3, 2023

Experts warn of a new malware campaign using sensitive information stolen from a bank as a lure to spread the remote access trojan BitRAT. Qualys experts spotted a new malware campaign spreading a remote access trojan called BitRAT using sensitive information stolen from a bank as a lure in phishing messages.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

The Russian hacker who created and used Neverquest banking malware has finally been sentenced to 4 years in prison by a US District Court. The Neverquest was used by cyber criminals to steal login credentials from banking customers, it leverages on injection mechanisms to provide users fake forms into legitimate banking websites.

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Security Affairs

MAY 26, 2024

million individuals North Korea-linked Kimsuky used a new Linux backdoor in recent attacks International Press – Newsletter Cybercrime Healthcare company WebTPA discloses breach affecting 2.5

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 3, 2024

Resecurity has uncovered a cybercriminal faction known as “ GXC Team “, who specializes in crafting tools for online banking theft, ecommerce deception, and internet scams. For the tool to function, the operator must input a list of compromised email accounts to be scanned.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 12, 2022

The illegal dark web marketplace RaidForums has been shut down and its infrastructure seized as a result of the international law enforcement Operation TOURNIQUET coordinated by Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre. Europol will continue working with its international partners to make cybercrime harder – and riskier –to commit.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

On October 2022, Swiss police arrested Penchukov in Geneva, also known as Tank, which is one of the leaders of the JabberZeus cybercrime group. In 2012, the Ukrainian national Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov was accused of being a member of a cybercrime gang known as JabberZeus crew.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 13, 2022

Additionally, there are also Russian cybercrime organizations that are not state-sponsored but are allowed to operate. Although there’s no one magic solution to eliminating cyberattacks and cybercrime risks, there are steps you can take to reduce the chances of becoming a victim. Accounting for humans.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 5, 2023

The discovery of STYX coincides with Resecurity financial crime risk analysts observing a significant increase in threat actors offering money-laundering services that exploit digital banking and cryptocurrency accounts. Resecurity’s investigation of STYX also yielded the discovery of 100 mules accounts.

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Banking Cybercrime Accountability Risk 74

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The investigators used INTERPOL’s Global Rapid Intervention of Payments (I-GRIP) to detect online fraudulent transactions, and then froze the associated bank and virtual asset service provider (VASP) accounts. Police in member countries froze the assets and investigations are ongoing.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

According to a new research conducted by Group-IB experts, 74 percent of Russian banks were not ready for cyberattacks. Even so, 74 percent of Russian banks were not ready for cyberattacks , 29 percent were found to be actively infected with malware, and in 52 percent of cases traces of past attacks were detected.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2020

European authorities dismantled two cybercrime organizations responsible for stealing millions through SIM hijacking. European authorities managed to dismantle the operations of two cybercrime gangs responsible for stealing millions through SIM hijacking. The authorities arrested tens of individuals in Spain and Romania. .

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 18, 2020

. “Comprised of several layers of members mainly from Latvia, Georgia, Bulgaria, Romania, and Belgium, the QQAAZZ network opened and maintained hundreds of corporate and personal bank accounts at financial institutions throughout the world to receive money from cybercriminals who stole it from accounts of victims.”

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Security Affairs

JUNE 9, 2023

The BTC-e virtual currency is popular in the cybercrime underground because it was used by crooks to launder funds for illegal activities. million to overseas bank accounts controlled by Bilyuchenko, Verner, and their co-conspirators.” ” reads the DoJ.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2024

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Researchers at NCC Group reported that in November they observed the return of the infamous banking malware Carbanak in ransomware attacks. The cybersecurity firm NCC Group reported that in November the banking malware Carbanak was observed in ransomware attacks.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The cybercrime unit of the Ukrainian police has arrested a group of cybercriminals who managed to steal payment card data from at least 70,000 people by setting up mobile fake top-up services. The police arrested five that created and administered more than 40 phishing sites used to harvest bank card data of unaware citizens.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2023

. “The investigation began at the beginning of this year by specialized agents of the Central Cybercrime Unit, when they identified a criminal network that illegally accessed databases of various financial and credit entities, entering different amounts of money into client accounts from the credit institution.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Burkov calls himself a specialist in information security and denies having committed the crimes for which he’s been charged. A screen shot from the Mazafaka cybercrime forum, circa 2011. K0pa also was a top staff member at Verified , among the oldest and most venerated of Russian language cybercrime forums.

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